Wasaya of Alahazrat English Tranlsation of الوصیا

Waşiyyah is a bequest, a testament and advice or an exhortation to do something or to refrain from something. While it is usually meant to be an instruction to dispose of one’s wealth,4 it is also meant as the last wish of the departing soul; or as advice, counsel and a testament for those they leave behind. Bequests, both oral and written, have been made by great men down the ages and compiled by scholars such as Ibn Abi’d Dunyā5 in Kitāb al-Muĥtađarīn and Ĥāfiż Ibn Zabr al-Rabaýī6 in Waşāyā alÚlamā. Among separate volumes, the waşāyā of Imām Ĥārith alMuĥāsibī,7 Ibn al-Jawzī,8 Sulţān al-Úlamā Ibn Ábd al-Salām9 and Imām Taqīyuddīn al-Subkī10 are famous. Waşāyā of great people are a source of knowledge and a call to action; an exhortation to reflect upon life, and a shining light that illuminates our way, as we trudge along the path of life towards a destination called death. This work contains the written and spoken waşāyā of Alahazrat and a historical account of events preceding and following the demise of Alahazrat, compiled by Mawlānā Ĥasanayn Riđā Khān